Yay! Up to date again!

Oh boy am I glad that this is a thing of the past - it really didn't serve any purpose other than to actually make the company lose credibility. Well done!

Tokenism 'on its way out'
06 March 2007 at 04h00

The slant on "tokenism" has taken an interesting turn in recent years, according to Madge Gibson, a senior associate at Jack Hammer Executive Headhunters." In the past, tokenism was often associated with resistant corporates who wished to be seen as publicly compliant on "all matters BEE", when in fact they were simply manipulating the system by appointing EE (employment equity) candidates to senior positions while giving them little actual responsibility.

"Nowadays, many companies … are genuinely embracing transformation and tokenism is becoming increasingly rare," Gibson said. "However, it does still creep in from time to time, but the mere whiff of an appointment being associated with tokenism is enough to put off most senior EE candidates. "We are regularly encountering this scepticism, where diversity candidates want to be appointed for their expertise - not the colour of their skin."